Easiest cookie recipe ever!

gallicinvasion
gallicinvasion Posts: 1,015 Member
edited February 2019 in Food and Nutrition
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I am blown away by how quick and easy I made dessert for my family get-together tomorrow. Peanut butter cookies are the bombbbbb.

200 g white granulated sugar (1 cup)
1 tsp baking soda
1 large egg
1/2 tsp vanilla
270 g crunchy or creamy peanut butter (1 cup)

Preheat oven to 350 F. Sift sugar and baking soda together into a large bowl. Add egg and vanilla, whisk til combined. Add peanut butter and mix til a dough forms. Use a spoon to drop 24 balls of dough onto a baking sheet (21-22 g each), about an inch apart. Make a criss-cross pattern on the top of each ball of dough with a fork, slightly flattening the ball.

Bake for 8-12 minutes, let cool for 15 minutes, and carefully remove from baking sheet with a spatula.

Crumbly, rich, and delicious! 102 calories per cookie, which is pretty damn low as far as peanut butter cookies can go.

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  • LAM2011
    LAM2011 Posts: 10 Member
    I have just made these - they are delicious. Look nothing like yours lol but I am dreadful with baking - they were too sticky to flatten so they are all different shapes but they taste great!! and so easy to make - thanks for sharing :)
  • try2again
    try2again Posts: 3,562 Member
    edited February 2019
    I have either the same or a very similar recipe (mine uses an entire small jar of pb). I replace at least half the sugar with stevia or splenda. It made me mad that I'd been making pb cookies with flour my whole life ;)

    Edited to add: Had the recipe out because the family wanted them this week!

    2 cups (1 small jar) pb
    1 cup sugar
    1 cup stevia
    2 eggs or 6 TB egg substitute
    2 tsp baking soda
    1 tsp baking powder
    .5 tsp salt
    1 tsp vanilla

    We dip the fork in sugar when we flatten them. I haven't made them in a while, but I'm pretty sure I reduce the amount of sugar (because I do in everything).
  • gallicinvasion
    gallicinvasion Posts: 1,015 Member
    LAM2011 wrote: »
    I have just made these - they are delicious. Look nothing like yours lol but I am dreadful with baking - they were too sticky to flatten so they are all different shapes but they taste great!! and so easy to make - thanks for sharing :)

    I’m so glad they came out good for you!!! I just loved how little time it took to make something so yummy.
  • gallicinvasion
    gallicinvasion Posts: 1,015 Member
    try2again wrote: »
    I have either the same or a very similar recipe (mine uses an entire small jar of pb). I replace at least half the sugar with stevia or splenda. It made me mad that I'd been making pb cookies with flour my whole life ;)

    Edited to add: Had the recipe out because the family wanted them this week!

    2 cups (1 small jar) pb
    1 cup sugar
    1 cup stevia
    2 eggs or 6 TB egg substitute
    2 tsp baking soda
    1 tsp baking powder
    .5 tsp salt
    1 tsp vanilla

    We dip the fork in sugar when we flatten them. I haven't made them in a while, but I'm pretty sure I reduce the amount of sugar (because I do in everything).

    Nice! Looks like my recipe, doubled, with a pinch of salt (which sounds great!)

  • kam26001
    kam26001 Posts: 2,794 Member
    I want to make these but I only like soft cookies. Is there a trick to make them soft? I bought some Toll House peanut butter cookie dough once and those turned crispy fast.
  • gallicinvasion
    gallicinvasion Posts: 1,015 Member
    kam26001 wrote: »
    I want to make these but I only like soft cookies. Is there a trick to make them soft? I bought some Toll House peanut butter cookie dough once and those turned crispy fast.
    yes these are definitely crumbly, but I’m not sure how to make them a soft-type cookie! Maybe start with a normal cookie dough (butter, sugar, flour, etc) and add peanut butter to it. I’m sure there are recipes out there!

  • gallicinvasion
    gallicinvasion Posts: 1,015 Member
    https://www.livewellbakeoften.com/soft-peanut-butter-cookies/ here you go!
  • nooshi713
    nooshi713 Posts: 4,877 Member
    Looks delicious. I'm going to try these.
  • baconslave
    baconslave Posts: 7,018 Member
    I have a simpler one:
    1 small jar pb (2 cups)
    2 eggs
    1.75 c sugar

    Use a tbsp to measure out. Roll into balls. Place on cookie sheet.
    Flatten with fork.
    Bake at 350F for 8-10 min.
    I just made them 2 min ago.

    Except I added semisweet choc chips. You have to bake about 2 min longer with add-ins.
  • HereToLose50
    HereToLose50 Posts: 154 Member
    I've always made pb cookies with 1 cup pb, 1 cup sugar and 1 egg.

    Very rich and decadent - not crispy either unless overcooked lol
  • snowflake954
    snowflake954 Posts: 8,399 Member
    I made a version of these last night. I live in Italy and PP is difficult to find, so I substituted Nutella:
    250g Nutella
    1 egg
    30g coconut
    10g poppyseed
    50g oats
    1 tsp baking soda

    I put them on parchment paper and they flattened out and became thin. So if you do this leave a lot of room around each one. They are thin, but chewy, and very good. Calories around 70 each.
  • snowflake954
    snowflake954 Posts: 8,399 Member
    snowflake954 wrote: »
    I made a version of these last night. I live in Italy and PP is difficult to find, so I substituted Nutella:
    250g Nutella
    1 egg
    30g coconut
    10g poppyseed
    50g oats
    1 tsp baking soda

    I put them on parchment paper and they flattened out and became thin. So if you do this leave a lot of room around each one. They are thin, but chewy, and very good. Calories around 70 each.

    PS: I made 27 with this recipe

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